Razor-strop.



R.v E. BROWN.

RAZOR 1 STROP.

APPLICATION'HLBD Hume. 1909.

Patented J an. 18, 1910.

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VUNTED STATES FERNE SFFCE.

ROBERT EMERSON BROWN, OF TIDIOUTE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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To all whom 'tt 'may concern.

Be it known that I, ROBERT EMERSON BRowN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Tidioute, in the county of larren and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a` new and Improved RaZor-Strop, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact desci'iption.

rfhe invention is an improvement in razor strops, and' has in view asimple and effective means to connect the strop with the swiveledsuspending eye or device, avoiding the usual bolt and nut arrangementwhich is generally found objectionable for the reason that. it wastes asubstantial length of the strop, is bad in appearance, scrapes andscratches wherever it contacts and is unsatisfactory in packing severalstrops together in a box.

My invention may in general be defined as consisting of a split tube,stropping members extending through the split portion of the tube,having an enlargement arranged within the tube and pinched at the outersides by the edges of the tube, and a device to suspend the strop,attached to the tube.

Reference is to had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a face view of a razor strop constructed in accordance withmy invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. l;and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the split tube and suspending eyeremoved from the strop.

The invention essentially consists of a tube 5 and eye 6 swiveled in thetube near the center, with the tube slotted or split longitudinallydirectly opposite the eye. The tube is preferably constructed of springsheet metal and the eye is secured thereto Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed February 23, 1909.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

Serial No. 479,362.

by upsetting or riveting over its inner' end, as shown in Fig. 2. Theleathers or members 7 and 8 of the strop are thinned to an edge at theirinner ends and hooked or folded toward each other, with the edgesstitched together as indicated at 9. This manner of connecting theleathers or members of the strop forms an enlargement l0. The tube 5 isslid transversely of the stropping members over the enlargement l0,until the ends of the tube register with the opposite edges of thestropping meniber, as shown in Fig. 1. lVith the tube in this positionit is impossible to pull out the stropping members, not only by reasonof the enlargement 10 but also by reason of the pinching of thestropping members together by the edges of the tube. A suspending devicethus constructed and applied to the stropping members, leaves verylittle of the length of the latter ineffective for stropping purposes,and the strops may be closely packed for shipment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

In a razor strop, a split spring tube, presenting a continuous curvedand uninterrupted upper portion, stropping members extending through thesplit portion of the tube, having an enlargement arranged within thetube and pinched at the outer sides by the edges of the tube, and adevice to suspend the strop, swiveled in the upper portion of the tube.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT EMERsoN BROWN.

litnesses DAVID W. LEVINE, TALLACE BROWN.

